In the Notes View, which you can invoke from activity tables, process tables and activity execution panels, you have the option to view details and content about existing notes as well as to add new notes.
Figure: Notes View
To add or view notes in the activity execution view of the
Workflow Execution Perspective perspective, you can
add or read a note pertaining to the activity instance. Click the Notes icon
in the toolbar to open the
Notes menu.
To add a new note to an activity, select Add New Note in the menu.
Figure: Adding a new Note
In case notes exist already for the current process, this is indicated via a filled
Notes icon (
).
In the Notes drop-down menu, existing notes are displayed with the first
characters of their content. To view an existing note, click on its entry accordingly.
The Notes Viewsopens, where you can read the content.
Figure: Viewing a Note
You can invoke the Notes View from activity and process tables. For details on these tables, refer to chapters Working with Activity Tables and Working with Process Tables respectively.
To add or view notes pertaining to an activity or process,
select the
Notes option in the
Actions column menu of the according row in the activity or process table.
The Notes List shows a table displaying the following details about existing notes:
The table may be sorted by the following columns by clicking the sort icon
:
The table data can be toggled between ascending and descending order when the sort icon is clicked. The default order is by Created in descending order, thus the note added newest is displayed on top.
Please refer to section Sorting Table Content of chapter Filtering and Sorting Data Entries for detailed information on sorting columns in the Stardust Portal.
To add a new note, click the Add Note icon
in the Notes table toolbar.
In the provided field, add the note text.
Figure: Enter Text.
Select Save to save the note (or Cancel to discard the note).
The created note is now displayed in the Notes table.

Figure: New note displayed in table
To view an existing note, hover the mouse over the entry in Notes Preview column.
A tooltip field opens displaying the content of the note.
Figure: Viewing a Note.
If a note is selected in the table, the note content is displayed
in the View Note mode and the Add Note icon
is enabled.
Note that you cannot view the content of multiple notes at a time.

Figure: View Note Mode
The user, who is the author of a selected note, is displayed below the table along with the creation date of the note. To view details on the author of a note, click the user entry.

Figure: Open User Details
A User Details dialog opens displaying user data.

Figure: User details of the author of the selected note